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SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
PERTH. THURSDAY. MAY 23, 1940.
Nazis Have Shut Out Church, Says
Vienna Cardinal soner coouss seer
OPENING IN GERMANY
"The Church has been completely shut out from the schools," writes Car-
The Soviet Government is making moves in Berlin for the official publication there of Russian Godless literature, says 'La Croix," of Paris, quoting
dinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna in a new pastoral letter to his diocese.
a Swiss source.
The tme is past when parents could nfidently place the religious educa tion of their children almost entirely in the hands of lay schools, or lay teachers and of priests, who were re ponsible for the education and form ton of th young." the Cardinal cont nue
Th works of Jaroslawski, president of the Soviet Godless, will be given Others will follow. priority, The same agency reports that Molotoy, Russia' Foreign Minister, has been asked by the Associations i God less to request the German Government to confiscate property of the Rusian Orthodox Church within the Reich as that Church is the recognised enemy of the Soviet Government and of Communism and atheism. Molotov has promised to discuss the matter with the German Ambassador
'We have got to change our ideas The dutes of parents and of the official chool turns further and further away from the religious ideals of the Catholic home and it becomes more and more difficult t obtain a good religious training in the compulsory schools of the State" The Cardinal goes on to give parents advice on home instruction in the catechism and other religious subjects, adding: "The Christian education of the children is the first principle of matrimony," and "well educated children are the greatest blessing of Christian marriage.' False Teachers.
The Cardinal warns parents that if they discover that religious instruction is being given in any school they must find out whether or not the teacher has ecclesiastical approval, All intructions given without this approval should be considered as not conforming with the spirit of the Church. He ends. "Dear parents, when you think of your own childhood, thank vour parents and those religious teachers who have so deeply planted the word of God in your hearts. Do not let any of your rights be taken away from you. Overcome the
present difficulties and see that your children receive a religious education. Make the First Holy Communion and Confirmation the greatest events of all in their young lives. Seek the advice of the priests who will prepare your children for their first Confession and first Holy Communion and you yourselves help in the preparations for that great day.
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'We have got to change our ideas." 'In this holy period let us all pray with the Apostles and the Mother of God that the Holy Ghost bestow upon our children the grace of a deep faith and that the good seed planted by the parents and the priests in the hearts of Christian youth may take root and flourish."
BRITSH REPORTS ON TOP NOW
IN "OBSERVATORE."
The "Osservatore Romano'' now places the British official war communications first in its reports on the war. The French follow and the Ger. man are placed third. The "Osservatore" used to give the German communications first.
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FASCIST OFFICIAL SAYS VATI CAN NEWSPAPER SHOULD BE BANNED. Signor Roberto Farrinacei, anti-cleri a member of the Fascist Grand Council in Italy, demanded that the 'Osservatore Romano," the Vatican daily newspaper, should be suppressed, says the "Daily Herald" Rome Correspond ent He accused it of being anti-Italian and alleged that it has been paid 5,000.000 lire (more than £50,000) by the Jews. Signor Farrinacci is no doubt angered by the growing strength of the independent Vatican paper, the only paper in Rome which is now giving objective reports on the war. Its circulation since the outbreak of war has jumped from about 9,000 to nearly 120,000.
"OSSERVATORE" DISLIKES NAZIS' ITALIAN MAGAZINE.
The Vatican newspaper, 'Osservatore Romano" is protesting against the sal in Italy of a magazine called egnale" (Signal"), latest propaganda publication of Dr, Goebbels, as
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This magazine, which is issued in severa! languages, is modelled on the me·i r "Life,"' with elaborate photoGerman troops in action and anti-Allied propaganda
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